Materials
None
Icebreaker Description
In this icebreaker / crowdbreaker, youth will communicate things about themselves using single words..
Preparation
Prepare a list of questions or topics for discussion. Some examples:
- a favorite food
- a favorite sports team
- a favorite song
- a dream
- a goal
- a fear
- a dream
- a recent accomplishment
- a recently solved problem
- a strength
- a weakness
ETC.
Icebreaker Activity
- Form pairs.
- Have pairs sit on the floor and talk to each other by speaking one-word messages back and forth.
- Suggest one of the above topics for their one-word-at-a-time discussions.
- Optional: Change pairs and repeat the process.
Optional Debrief
- What does this activity tell you about communication?
- How did you communicate without words?
- Read John 1:1-9. How did God communicate to us through Jesus Christ?
Conclusion
A single work can communicate a lot. A lifestyle can communicate even more. Jesus is the Word become flesh. God communicates to us through the scriptures, but Christ is God with us, the living word.
Application
What words might people use to describe your life?
What can you do this week to become more like Christ, to reveal God to the world more clearly?
Scripture
John 1:1-9
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